the governor of texas warning record breaking flooding. let's start with our team meteorologist doug kamerer who has the updated track. >> it does bring to a category 3 hurricane. now, again, that's going to be the wind and storm surge over the next couple of days. flood threat and flooding. just off the coast here towards houston, there's -- and once again, 120 miles per hour and ten le

the north and north and east of the -- let's go down to jay gray live in texas. >> let's take a look at the coast in corpus christi where this storm is going to lash out. you can see the waves are going there. this is expected to intensify over night with harvey and once the storm gets here. it's likely going to stay for a while. >> even before land fall, harvey is unleashing its fury on the texas coast. >> this is a hurricane that will go inland and then is -- it's just to hover for a long period of time. >> driving rain and sustained winds of at least 110 miles an hour. it's the strongest storm to

century. >> we're could see storm surge maybe 12 feet. >> the most severe storm is expected over night, leaving those in its path little time to move to higher ground. >> we're encouraging people to get off the island, in other words, get out of dodge. >> that's what thousands are doing in corpus christi. >> there are material things. we're can always get that back. i'm not willing to risk my child's life. >> the same push is underway where bus loads of people and pets are being shuttled to safety. but for some in the strike zone, there's nowhere to go. >> financially, we're don't have the money to go ahead and take that ride out of town. >> those who plan to ride it out preparing as best they can. >> we're have plenty of food, canned food and just the essentials. >> bracing as hurricane harvey inches closer to the

weather service forecast is calling for 32 inches of rain here in the next several days. that's the latest live here in victoria texas, back to you. >> already got flood warnings down there along the rivers and that's before the heaviest rain has started. i want to complete this track for you. this goes through the day on sunday and into monday. it does not move much. this is four days sitting down here. some of the computer models, including the national hurricane center bring it back out to sea as a tropical storm and increase close to a hurricane again as it makes land fall close to houston on tuesday an wednesday. this will be down here for days, amelia sent -- she just landed around the houston area. she'll be reporting for us during the afternoon, you're hopefully coming up at 6:00 near galveston area, it could be one of the hardest hit from this storm. >> good deal. nice to have our own s o

eyes. >> president trump and the first lady just arrived, they'll be spending the weekend there. mr. trump has been closely monitoring the storm and he'll continue to do so for there. >> this is the president's first major national disaster. blayne alexander is live at the white house with the latest development. >> the white house is really trying to make it clear and the president, himself, that he is on top of this. that they are watching this, monitoring it very closely and even though he won't be here at the white house this weekend, he'll be in camp david, as you mentioned, he's got everything that he needs to stay on top of the situation. earlier today the president sent out several tweets, one of them was a picture of him being briefed by the head of fema. he tweeted he had spoken with the governors of louisiana and texas. now during today's white house briefing that wrapped up, this was a topic of questioning. it was something that was a big focus during today's

of course homeland security adviser to the president said that this is something that they were preparing for, they've been talking about and that the president himself had a number of questions on. one thing that was also kind of an arching theme is the response in contrast to what happened during hurricane katrina. in fact, he said that it was freshly on the minds of many people as they were going forward and changing some of the policies, some of the federal policies that we're saw in place back then in 2005 to what they are now. here is how they respond to that during today's briefing, take a look. >> it's on the minds of all the emergency managers, that experience is still in their memory, and what we've done is gotten a lot better as a government. congress has gotten better and allowed -- resources and assets in advance of an event. >> and they said he was -- that was very strong in his memory as he was part of that in response back to

susan, leon, as you guys know very well, this can have political implications as to how well the president responds or does not respond to this crisis. in fact, we're saw a tweet earlier today from republican senator chuck, warning president trump to not make the same mistakes during this potential disaster as president bush did in 2005 as in response to katrina. president trump at camp david now watching us very closely. he's making plans to visit texas early next week in response to the storms. susan, back to you. >> thanks so much. everyone will be watching, i'm sure. keep it right here on news 4. we'll continue to track the impact of the storm as it strengthens. we'll also hear about the storm will impact us while here, as always, we're working for you, leon. >> susan i'm getting back closer to home, now, we're following a breaking situation, this coming from fairfax, urgent search is underway. chop 4

there. we're told a canoe flipped over with three men on board. two of the men made it on shore. the third one still missing. producers just got off the phone. we're told a dive team has been called to the team. we'll bring you any updates as soon as we're get new information right here. >> now, only on 4 this next story, one of the situations where you don't know what you're going to do until it happens to you, right. >> most people in our newsroom, here take the keys. you can have my car. a woman in northeast decided to fieg fight back. she told her story, exclusivexc, to aimee cho. >> reporter: she was getting out of her car right here, this was about 10:00 p.m. and that's when she said two men appeared out of nowhere and one started grabbing for her phone and keys. she's been mugged four times before in her life.

them over and she told me that she started fighting and screaming. that's when her neighbors came to her rescue. they poured out of their houses on to the sidewalks and they actually chased the attackers off and that's why police were able to catch one of those men. the other one is still out there. now, today, she says she's doing okay. she's, of course, very grateful to her neighbors. she said she's not about to live her life in fear. >> that's not going to change. i'm not going to make somebody coming up to me, you know, make me afraid. i'm not. that's not going to happen. >> she also tells me that she's planning on taking martial arts classes, possibly. she also wants to throw a block party. >> thanks. aimee, what a story, leon. >> it's been a little over 2

georges county were forced to leave their homes. now those who are in transitional housing, they're trying to figure out what's next for them as questions continue to squirrel about what's going to happen in their own building. tracee wilkins caught up with one family dealing with another challenge, as well. the new school just around the corner. tracee is live with the latest. tracee. >> leon, this fence here, has been placed here to keep this property secure. come into the apartments, what's going to happen. you're going to be stopped right here by prince georges county police. they're going to check their list to make sure. here behind me, their family still packing up u haul trucks and getting their stuff out but people still cannot live here. >> she'll start the new school year -- this wasn't

>> it will at least try to give me a little more time to figure out, you know, where we're going to stay and this is what we're going to do. >> on wednesday, gayle was one of the last families to live. visible mold, water damage and water code violations rendered to building unsafe and unlivable. >> the water was off like a month previous to my coming here. the first thing they did was got in the tub, like -- oh, mommy, shower, we're want to take shower, mom. >> this hotel room prepro vieded by social services, the question is, what's next? >> what's next for me, i have no idea. >> she lived here because she could afford it. >> i've been breaking down on -- away from them because i can't let them see me weak. >> reporter: this parking lot is full o

because individual property owners are taken up to their owners by police escort when they want to get out of there. now, the owners of this property are going to be heading to court on september 1st to see if they can convince the judge to allow them to sell it. tracee wilkins, back to you all in the studio. >> thanks so much. a grocery store shakeup that could change everything. amazon's plans to lower prices at whole foods. >> take a look at how long these lines are, that's for gasoline. we'll tell you how this storm could effect gas prices here just in time for the labor day holiday. keep it right here. working for you with team coverage at this major

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hurricane. we are keeping a close eye as hurricane harvey barrels towards the coast of texas. more than 1,300 military personnel are on hand. vice president pence has announced he's staying in d.c. this weekend to monitor the storm and the response. doug standing by tracking the system and we've got -- we're had this update coming your way just in a few minutes here. and in the meantime. amazon taking over whole foods effected monday. and the first order of business is going to make some items m

affordable. >> even some organic foods, if you can believe. kristin wright is at whole foods where customers are crossing their fingers for savings. hey, kristin? >> reporter: everyone has been talking about this big announcement from whole foods and amazon. starting monday, day one of the acquisition, prices up and down the food aisles are suppose to drop. now, as you may know, some refer to as whole foods, as whole paycheck because it is so expensive. but amazon says they're going to lower prices on best selling staples across whole food stores, including organic fruits and vegetable and high quality meats. effectively this should mean that more people and families have better access to healthier foods. we're asked people around the whole foods on h street what they think. >> i don't shop at whole foods because prices are too high. but i have ever -- i was like, okay, maybe i will go down now. >> i just don't think that

a whole lot. they may go a little bit. but i don't think they'll go a whole lot. >> reporter: the plan is for amazon prime to eventually replace the whole foods customer rewards program, giving prime members extra savings. in northwest dc, kristin wright, news 4. >> thanks kristin, we're want to know what you thinks about this. will you be more likely to shop at whole foods with reduced prices, yes you'll go there if whole foods is no longer whole paycheck and weigh in yourself. let us know what you think. >> and back to what could be the biggest storm to hit the u.s. in years and how it could effect you. hurricane harvey could lead to some pain at the pump, national ample of gas, prices could climb 25 cents, if the hurricane hits and refinery center. the gulf storm in august of 2005 led

night. we're don't know the full impact of harvey until monday. >> yes. i think they have shutdown operations. >> yeah, it's going to fill up. we're talking today, my wife and i are going to be filling up today. you'll save some money. as long as you do that in our area, that's really the only impact we're going to have that's a direct impact from this. the biggest impact in texas, this is going to be a storm that we're talked about for years, not just for the next couple of days but for years. let's take a look and shea you the latest satellite radar picture. you see how big it is. the storm itself making its way, the buzz saw of the hurricane making its way close to corpus christi. we've got rain bands close to the new orleans area. a very large storm. you can see here the latest advisory has this as now category three storm. this would be the first major hurricane to hit the u.s. since 2005. that was

portions of florida, including miami. did a lot of damage down that way. 120 mile an hour winds, and it is still sunday, monday, tuesday, exiting the coast and possibly reentering as another strong hurricane. so this is something we'll be watching very closely. the biggest threat here is going to be the rain. but today the big threat will be the storm surge and the wind. you can see the first of the rain band is right there. this is one of the strongest rain bands coming right on, obviously the strongest is right down around there. that's where we're had the 120 mile an hour winds gusts up to 140 miles an hour, this is moving to the northwest and off on that track, it's going to make its way right up towards the coastline here, 57 miles away in about four hours. i want to get right up here to where we're going to be. and that's about four hours, 40 minutes from now, take a look at

that's expected to make land fall. most likely, north of corpus christi. that is some good news because the storm surge will be north of the center. you can see here, north of the center, corpus christi here, if it comes on shore to the north between corpus christi, the storm surge will hit to the northern portions, corpus christi may luck out. they'll still get devastated by the strong winds of that area. hurricane warnings for everybody here in the red around corpus christi. these are tropical storm forced winds. tornado watch in and around the corpus christi area, all the way up to houston, there have been tornado warnings around, a couple with the bands tracking those, as well. tornado a big threat as we're move on through the rest of the evening today, any land fall tropical system does have potential for tornados. here is the storm surge warning. this is new this year, the national hurricane center just started

upwards of five, six, seven feet, in some areas, 12 feet from this storm and you can see where that is from houston all the way down towards the corpus christi area. we'll continue to monitor that guys, across our region. one thing a little bit different. it will stay in texas a little bit longer. we're tracking harvey for the weekend, right now it looks like things may be a little bit better, we'll talk much more about that, not a lot going on until tuesday and wednesday, when another tropical system in the atlantic may effect us just a little bit. we'll have much hr will have mu more on that -- >> i just dropped my kids off at college this week. >> i notice the tear stain. >> yes. >> for normal families. what do you do when the new kid on campus is the son or daughr is ate

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let's get back to breaking news. dive team to launch to search for mising man. chopper 4 live over the scene. these are live pictures you're looking at. but earlier this afternoon, three men were in a canoe and that canoe flipped over. few moments ago we were sitting here watching these camera shots coming in and we're saw divers suiting up. we'll keep working this story in our newsroom and we'll love to get everything right here. moving on now, massive storm just got more dangerous, hurricane harvey just grew stronger as it makes its way closer to land. >> we're all over it for you, from the path of the storm to its impact on our weather, to the concerns of travellers here in washington. team coverage first at 4:00.

>> ensure that you're providing the greatest possible safety for yourself and your family. i think it would be a good idea to get out of the houston area. >> a stern warning for the governor of texas as we're track hurricane harvey live on

ordered declarations across the state. and minutes ago we're learned vice president mike pitts is going -- mike pence is going to stay in dc. as a matter of fact, you tell me if i'm wrong, i think i read somewhere the national weather service had to create a whole new category for the amount of rain they're going to get. >> it goes off the scale. you heard the governor said you can get out of houston. this is going to be indirect from the rain around the houston area. some areas could see 20 to 30 inches of rain. flooding. this is a prone flood area down there in the southeast texas. boy is this storm going to bring on the flooding. here is the storm, here is the eye, the center of circulation, corpus christi right now starting to see. it will get close to hurricane force winds over the next couple of hours and moving on shore with the winds up

tonight. a devastating storm tonight and then over the long haul, meaning four or five days it's another impact. let's take a look at those impacts today. the impacts today and later this evening, storm surge flooding, could be upwards of 9, 10, 11, 12 feet. winds right along the coast. power out aages will be likely. from corpus christi over to houston, a lot of texas now, major flooding is expected. san antonio, houston, down towards corpus christi. numerous homes will be lost, maybe thousands of homes damaged from this storm and power out for weeks. that's why the governor is saying, hey, may be a good idea to get out of the hue ton area, dallas not effected much at all. you'll see a lot of people moving from the southern portion up towards the northern portion of the state around the dallas area. >> if you're not traveling to texas, hurricane harvey is going to have an impact on

of -- and news 4 megan fitzgerald is -- and she's got tips on how to get ahead of all the chaos. >> anxieties are on the rise for a lot of travellers as hurricane harvey makes its way towards texas. so far so good at reagan national airport, folks know that will likely change soon. >> but on my return flight, it might be i'm returning on sunday, so we'll see there might be some delays. >> there will be cancellations, as well. many airlines have posted online about the options travellers have the their flight is impacted by harvey. most companies are waving change fees and allowing passengers to rebook to avoid a travel nightmare. >> air travel it seems like it's such a hassle these days, so it's unfortunately, but, you know, what are you doing to do. >> just checking your flight status before heading to the airport, that's just one way to try

major hassle. >> want to keep my eyes open and try to plan around it. >> we're have a list of the travel advisories for the majority of these major airlines on our nbc washington app, just search cancellation policy. reporting at reagan national airport, megan fitzgerald, news 4. >> thanks megan, to see if your flight has been delayed go to our nbc washington app and search cancellation policy. >> we're still don't know why a man drove his car into a crowd of protesters in charlottesville, but today we're learned he'll have his preliminary hearing in december. he was suppose to be in court today but prosecutors filed a motion to postpone that for a few months. fields is charged with second degree murder in the death of heather hire and nine other felonies, still no word on a motive. more than 60 restaurants are participating for dinner you can share a 35-dollar deal for

for one. lunch deals 10, 15, $20, you can check out the list on the nbc washington app, just search alexandria restaurant week. this is also the last weekend of summer break for many kids in our area. >> that's right, students in the largest school district and region, they'll be heading back to class on monday, kids in prince georges county still have a couple more weeks to go. district is hosting a big back to school fair this weekend, students will receive a free backpack and require immunizations, school officials will also be there to answer any questions the parents may have about student services. that all starts tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. at prince georges stadium in bowie. >> galveston texas is bracing as hurricane harvey gets closer to making land fall. stm team 4 is all over or

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>> tell us more about it. and start with. >> they did it in a very low key way. they have made clear that they want folks to respect meliah's policy. during the eclipse when most folks were focused on what was going on in the sky. they helped her get settled into her dorm on campus,

moved in. there were a few pictures that made their way. they were able to do it smoothly. they came out of the building with sunglasses on, so maybe a few tears were shed. >> i can only imagine. >> and president trump's youngest daughter, tiffany, she's now enrolled at georgetown law this fall, did you hear anything about her, about how that move went. we're can't imagine the trumps moving in luggage or stuff like that. >> law school is a bit of a different experience, right. she's older. she's been relatively quiet about. she has instagram feed. she was posting photos from her trip to europe. but she's moved in to georgetown. you know, i didn't go to law school, from everything i hear the first year is pretty serious. it looks like she wants to keep her head down and sort of blend into campus. no photos yet. we're expect to see her aro

>> how do you blend in when you've got secret service ho do they manage to keep themselves under the radar. >> i talked to some famous daughters jamie fox daughter said she had a great experience. she was always aware when she was out, she could be recorded and that it might show up. so she just like, behaved

accordingly. >> corpus christi now gusting in the eye, still 50 miles an hour off the coast. we'll continue to track this as it moves up. yes, a catastrophic storm in the making for sure. it will be part of texas for days. what about our impact. we're still see a chance of making it our way for the labor day holiy.da

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evening shows. it is raining outside. we'll see you. >> you can see the rain the beach town there. here is a live look. >> doug is checking back in with you. >> and that's one thing, amelia and i talking yesterday that she was going to galveston is -- that's out there and once again and 40 miles and very close to land fall. i think it comes on land tonight around the

and winds of 105 and just me andering and moving back out towards the coast the latest computer models. here is houston, and next friday that is -- brought corpus christi 70 mile an hour winds at the top of the hour here. still tracking to see more wind gusts, but in this very intense ban, that's where we're have the winds over 100 miles an hour and that's going to move just across the corpus christi area, just to the north, as

they're seeing the winds. here is the tornado watch. any time land fall and tropical system moves on through the coast. ame amelia will not put herself in harm's way. today it's the possible tornado and wind threat. look at how many areas here. this area in the yellow is over ten inches up to 20 inches in some areas, 30, maybe even 40 inches. there could be some widespread flooding around the new orleans area with 5 to 10 inches of rain there. this is going to be a very now, for us, a little bit different. much nicer weather.

we've got great weather this weekend. could become tropical tuesday and wednesday, it gives us rather breezy conditions. showers and we're will be tracking harvey next towards labor day weekend. right now i think most of it now stays way down to our south and west guys a lot to talk about, we'll continue to keep you posted right here on the storm center. >> you've got it. >> a cutting edge procedure brings relief to camp survivors of breast cancer. >> doreen and jim are in the newsroom with that story and much more coming up at 5:00. >> we've got some good news for your health tonight coming up at 5:00. a new doctor in town is bringing relief and results to women who suffered a painful side effect from breast cancer surgery. >> it's actually a pretty common side effect. it's called lymphademia and it happens in order to

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police officers caught on home security camera inside of his home, which also, by the way, got a good look at the suspect as well. shomari stone has the video and the police response to all of this. >> i am feeling disillusioned. i am feeling upset. >> you're watching a burglary in action. moments later he kicks and then he goes inside clarence williams house. the suspect stole a computer, clothes and shoes. the alarm company contacted williams. >> i was

and, you know, at the same time i was frantic because i was out of the country. >> this was the second time someone burglarized his home in less than a month. it happened on august 8th in 2:30 in the afternoon. video shows police responding to the house shortly after. they knock on the front door. no one answers and then they leave. >> when there's an alarm that's going off in someone's house, you don't just check the front door, you don't just knock on the front door. >> police return today the house eight hours later, when williams' neighbor noticed the shattered back door. >> they made a comment to my neighbor saying, well what did he expect, you live in southeast. >> williams looked at the video and he was shocked to see two officers seemingly joked about what happened. they talked about the items stolen in the first burglar and the

sexuali sexuality. a few minutes later, she dances and bust another move by the staircase. >> we've got police out here dancing in my home and acting as if this is a joke. this is serious. this is my life. >> now both officers are under investigation for misconduct. they are not out on the streets, we're told. a police spokesperson tells us this in part. their behavior is not representative of the we are help, we're work tirelessly to uphold to residents we're remain committed to providing positive interactions with all and hope trust of the community in high regards. he's probably glad he had those cameras in his home. back over to you. >> leon, thanks so much. right now

growing along the gulf coast of texas where hurricane harvey is in intensifying as we're speak and as it draws even closer to land. it could break catastrophic and light threatening flooding. once it does, it could stay for some time. . >> we're want to bring you the latest on the monster storm. there's a new advisory just into the storm center. >> we're let's get to doug with the

category starts, major hurricane start at 11 just south and east, some of the latest wind gusts, upwards of 70 miles an hour. they're seeing three feet of storm surge. you can see how close that eye is that's where we're looking at the eye of the strongest winds. the pressure down two mill bars from the last advisory, that tells you it is continuing to strengthen. this may get close to category four and one of the worst things you can have with the hurricane is a